Cigarette cork-tipping machine.



V. & J. RAGONA. CIGARETTE CORK TIPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION nun AUG.14. 1908.

1,1 31,791. Patented Mar. 16, 1915,

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V. & J. RAGONA. CIGARETTE CORK TIPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14. 1908.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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V. & J. RAGONA.

CIGARETTE CORK TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1908. 1, 1 3 1 ,791

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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Jul-[31,791. Patented Mar. 16, q: Q i) 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5- is my THE NGRRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO LITHO., WASHINGTON D. C.

VINCENT RAGONA AND JOHN IRAGONA, OF NEVT YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE OGRK-TIPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed August 14, 1908. Serial No. 448,531.

7 Cigarette Cork l ipping Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a cork-tipping machine such as is disclosed in our pending application, Serial No. 415,400, filed Feb. 11, 1908.

The primary object of the invention is to providesimple and efficient means for feeding the cigarettes to the corktipp ng mech anism; to provide a simple and GillClGIlhdG- vice arranged in the path of feed of the 01 garettes and so arranged that any one of the cigarettes before being tipped may be given a partial rotation to place the monogram of the cigarette, which is usually present thereon, properly positioned relatively to the overlapping portion of the cork-tipping part, thus causingthe cigarettes to have the tip properly applied thereto and permitting the attendant of the machine to quickly and properly turn a cigarette over which is not properly positioned or fed to the feed belt from the hopper.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means for collecting the cigarettes ready for boxing after the cigarettes have been tipped with the cork material.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of machine with the new fea' tures of our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the bunching attachment, showing the machine in side elevation and looking from the opposite side of the machine from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4L is a vertical section of the feed hopper. Fig. 5 is a transverse section, partly in elevation, of the cigarette bunching device. Fig. 6 is a side elevation on a larger scale of the means for imparting a rotary movement to the r g apron or carrier 20,

cigarettes. Fig. 7 is a plan view. Fig. 8 is an end elevation showing one of the cigarettes in position to be rotated. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section, partly in elevation, taken on the line 1X IX of Fig. 7; and Fig. 10 is a transverse section, taken on the line XX of Fig. 6.

The frame 10 may be provided with suitable means 11 for feeding and applying an adhesive substance to a cork-tipping web 12, and this web after being properly glued on one side thereof is fed forward by means of the mechanism 13 to a cutter 14!: where the said cork is cut off and wound on the end of a cigarette, each cigarette is alined properly by means of the mechanism 15, the cigarette being forced from a feed belt 16 by means of a rod 17 into a part of the mechaism 15, said rod 17 being operated from a drive shaft 18 either by hand or power, all of which is substantially the same as shown in our application hereinbefore referred to.

A hopper 19 is held to the machine frame 10 and in this hopper the cigarettes are placed en masse so as to rest upon a travel- This carrier 20 passes around the rolls 21 and 22, and on the shaft of the roll 21 is held a ratchet wheel 23, the teeth of which are adapted to be engaged by the pawl 24, which is suitably guided at one end, as by a bracket 25, and at its other end is pivotally held to a rock lever 26 as shown in Fig. 2. The lever 26 is pivoted at 27 and to said lever is connected a rod 28 of an eccentric 29 which is operated by the drive shaft 18, so that as the shaft is rotated it will impart a step-by-step movement to the roll 21 through the ratchet wheel 23 and pawl 24, and will feed the cigarettes inward.

On the shaft of the roll 21 is a star or other cam wheel 30, and the teeth of this wheel are engaged by a pin or projection 31 of an arm 32. T he arm 32 a its opposite end is held to a shaft 33, Fig. 4, and to this shaft is held a partition 34: the upper end of which is bent or formed to extend over the hopper and its lower end and body portion arranged to vibrate or move within the hopper and cause the cigarettes to be agitated thereby. The lower end of the partition 3i does not extend as far as the carrier belt 20 but there is sufficient space below the same to permit a cigarette to pass thereunder and adjacent to the partition 34 is a rotary de vice or agitator 35 which is located above the carrier belt 20 and has arms 36 projectp which engage the teeth of a gear 53, and th1s ing outward therefrom which are adapted to engage the cigarettes and prevent any surplus cigarettes from being fed by the carrier belt 20 and to cause the same to lie in a single row on said belt. 7

The belt 20 is arranged directly over the main carrier or belt 16. This belt 16 is constructed substantially the same as in the application referred to and has thetransverse grooves or pockets spaced apart each to hold and support an individual cigarette, and this belt passes around the rolls or pulleys 'on the shafts 38 and 39.

A ratchet wheel 40 is secured to the shaft 38 and'this ratchet wheel is engaged by apawl 41 which is pivotally held tothe upper end of the arm :26 so that as said arm vibrates the pawl 41 will impart a step-by-step movement to the belt '16. lhe transverse grooves 37 0f the belt 16 are always positioned directly under the carrier of apron 20 so as to receive the cigarettes singly, and as arranged the belt 16 remains stationary while the carrier 20 is moved so that by operating alternately the cigarettes are properly fed and deposited in the grooves of said belt 16. By this means the cigarettes are positively and properly fed to the traveling belt in position to have the corktipping material applied to the end thereof.

As the cigarettes are fed forward with a step-by-step movement through the belt 16 they pass through a slot 42 located in the end of a shaft or element 43 of a device 44. This device is located at any convenient point and is adapted to permit the attendant without handling the cigarettes to turn any one of them one-half of a revolution for the purpose of properly placing the monogram thereon so that the seam caused by the overlapping part of the cork-tipping material will properly register with the seam of the cigarette paper or cover.

The device is intended to be manually operated and comprises a bracket which is adapted to be secured on the machine frame, and slidingly held on said bracket or bar 45 is a rack-bar 46 which is slidingly held on the bracket 45. The bar 46 is provided with a slot 47 and is guided at one edge by the bar 48 forming a part of the bracket 45 and is held against the bar by means of a plate 49, there being one or more pins or screws passing through said plate and entering the slot 47 to properly guide the bar 46 thereon. This rack-bar 46 is forced downward manually against the action of av spring 50, and for this purpose may be provided with a button or knob 51, the said spring having one end fastened to the plate 49 and its opposite end fastened to the rack-bar 46 so that as the rack-bar is forced downward and released it will be quickly returned by reason of said spring.

The rack-bar '46 is provided with teeth 52 gear is loosely held on the shaft 43 between a collar 54 and a ratchet wheel 55, which is held to the shaft 43 between the gear 53 and an arm 56 forming a part of the bracket 45. The ratchet wheel 55 is provided with two teeth 57. These teeth 57 are adapted to be alternately engaged by a pawl 58 which is pivotally held at 59 to one face of the gear 53 and is normally forced inward by means of a spring 59 carried by said gear. The movement of the rack-bar 46 is such that it shaft 43, thusimparting a like movement to the cigarette, or to any of the cigarettes which it is desired to turn over without handling. The shaft 43 may be simply frictionally held in its bearing in the arm 56 of the bracket 45, or in any other desired way to cause it 'to move only the proper distance, and to frictionally hold said shaft, a screw 60 may be provided in the bearing 56 the inner part of which is adapted to force a plug of leather or other material against the shaft 43 so as to cause the said shaft to be frictionally held against movement.

The cigarettes properly positioned are fed forward by the belt 16 in alinement with the cork-tipping mechanism 15, and are forced from the belt to said mechanism, and the cork-tipping material applied thereto'as in our pending application. As each cigarette is completed it will be ejected by the one to be tipped and the tipped cigarette will fall down a chute 61 which may be held adjacent to the mechanism for tipping the ends of the cigarettes. This chute, Figs. 1, 3 and 5is inclined and has its lower open end adjacent'to a receiving device or casing 62. This casing may be rectangular in form so as to provide a box-like receiver, the bottom of which is open, and at the ends of said receiver are journaled the rolls 63 and 64. Around said rolls is held an endless carrier or belt 65, which may comprise two members or endless belts 66 so as to provide a space between the same for the purpose to be presently explained.

The shaft of the roll is provided with a gear 67, and this gear is in mesh with another gear 68 arranged on the end of a stud 0r shaft 69.

A sprocket is arranged on the shaft 69 and around this sprocket is a chain 70 which passes around a sprocket arranged on the outer end of the main drive shaft 18 or any other shaft driven therefrom.

The receptacle 62 is provided with a hop- 7 cigarette and serve to properly aline the cigarette and to deposit the same upon the belt or carrier 66. As the cigarettes are moved by the carrier 66 they wlll collect at one end thereof, and the cigarettes may be bunched and removed in quantities for packing the same in the boxes. This may be effected by providing a hook or other device 7 5 at one end of the receiver 62, and held by said hook or device may be a plurality of strips of paper or other material which are adapted to hang downward between the members 66 of the carrier belt so that the cigarettes will move against the same as they travel forward with said carrier. By lifting one end of the paper or strip, as for example the outer strip 76, the said strip may be made to engage a large number of the cigarettes and to bunch the same so that the said bunch may be readily removed from the receiver by means of said strip and the cigarettes properly bunched and conveniently held for placing the same in their boxes or packages.

From the foregoing it will be seen that simple and ei'licient means are provided whereby the cigarettes may be fed singly and properly to the cork-tipping mechanism, and as they pass to said mechanism given a partial rotation to properly position the same; and that simple means are provided whereby the completed'cigarettes may be properly bunched ready for removal from the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a hopper adapted to hold cigarettes, of a carrier arranged within the hopper, a grooved carrier having one end movable adjacent to the first-mentioned carrier and under the same, together with means for moving the carriers alternately and intermittently whereby the cigarettes are successively deposited in the grooves of the main carrier.

2. In a cigarette corktipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier located at the bottom of said hopper, means for agitating the cigarettes, a second carrier having transversely arranged pockets for the cigarettes and located beneath the first-mom tioned carrier, ratchet mechanism for moving the first-mentioned carrier, ratchet mechanism for moving the second carrier, and means for operating the ratchet mechanisms.

3. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier located at the bottom of said hopper, means for agitating the cigarettes, a second carrier or belt having transversely arranged pockets for the cigarettes and located beneath the first-mentioned carrier, and means for moving said carriers including a pawl and ratchet mechanism for each carrier, and means for operating the pawls alternately to impart a step-by-step movement to each ratchet wheel.

4. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier located at the bottom of said hopper, means for agitating the cigarettes, a second carrier having transversely arranged pockets for the cigarettes and located beneath the firstmentioned carrier, a ratchet wheel, a pawl engaging said ratchet wheel for moving the first-mentioned carrier, a ratchet wheel and pawl for moving the second carrier, a pivotally held lever to the opposite ends of which the pawls are pivoted, and means for operating the lever to impart a step-by-step movement alternately to the carriers.

5. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a traveling carrier supported at the lower part of the hopper, a traveling carrier having a part thereof located under said carrier, a partition having one end located above the first-mentioned carrier and pivotally held within the hopper, means for vibrating the partition, a rotary agitator located adjacent to the vibratory partition and adapted to cause the cigarettes of the first-mentioned carrier to lie side by side, together with means for alternately and intermittently moving the -carriers.

6. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier supported at the lower part of the hopper, a second carrier having a part thereof, located under the first-mentioned carrier, a partition having one end located above the first-mentioned carrier and pivotally held within the hopper, means for vibrating the partition, a rotary agitator located adjacent to the vibratory partition and adapted to cause the cigarettes of the first-mentioned carrier to lie side by side, together with means for moving the carriers.

7. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a traveling carrier supported at the lower part of the hopper, a partition having one end located above the first-mentioned carrier, a rock shaft for supporting said partition, means for oscillating said rock shaft, and a rotary agitator located adjacent to the vibratory partition and adapted to cause the cigarettes of the carrier to lie side by side.

8. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier supported at the lower part of the hopper, a second carrier having a part thereof located under the first mentioned carrier, a partition having one end located above the first-mentioned carrier and pivotally held to the hopper, means for vibrating the partition, and a rotary agitator having a plurality of arms located adjacent to the vibratory partition over the first-mentioned carrier and adapted to cause the cigarettes of the first-mentioned carrier to lie side by side.

9. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with a frame, of a hopper mounted on said frame, a carrier supported at the lower part of the hopper, a second carrier having a part thereof located under the first-mentioned carrier, a partition having one end located above the first-mentioned carrier and pivotally held within the hopper, means for vibrating the partition, a rotary agitator having a plurality of arms located adjacent to the vibratory partition and adapted to cause the cigarettes of the firstanentioned carrier to lie side by side, together with means for alternately and intermittently moving the carriers.

10. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding cigarettes spaced apart, of a device comprising a shaft having one end slotted through which the cigarettes may enter, a bracket, a rack-bar slidingly held on said bracket and adapted to be manually operated in one direction, a spring forcing the rack-bar in the opposite direction, a gear loosely mounted on the shaft and having its teeth engaged by said rack-bar, a ratchet wheel fixed to said shaft, and a springpressed pawl carried by the gear and adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel to partially rotate the shaft at each movement of the rack-bar.

11. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding cigarettes, of means for applying tipping material to the ends of said cigarettes, a chute in which the completed cigarettes are adapted to fall, a receiving device located adjacent to the mouth of the chute and having a hopper portion therein, spaced apart carriers held under said hopper and adapted to travel lengthwise of said device to force the cigarettes to one end of said device, and means for supporting strips of flexible material between said carriers whereby the cigarettes may be bunched and removed, when one of said strips is raised.

12. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding cigarettes, of a receiving device having a hopper portion therein adapted to receive the cigarettes, spaced apart carriers held under said hopper and adapted to travel lengthwise of said device to force the cigarettes to one end thereof, and means for supdevice and meansfor supporting strips of flexible material between said, carriers, whereby said cigarettes may be bunched or removed when one of said strips is raised.

14. In a cigarette corletipping machine, the combination with means for tipping and feeding cigarettes, of a device comprising a rectangular casing having an open bottom, a carrier held to move under said casing and forming a bottom therefor, the said carrier comprising two members to provide a longitudinal space between the same, means for moving thecarrier, a hopper arranged within the receptacle and having yieldingly held members adapted to be'forced apart by the weight of the cigarettes and to deposit the same properly on the carrier, a plurality of strips and means for holding said strips whereby the latter may beremoved singly and serve as a means for bunching the cigarettes to remove the same from said receptacle.

15. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with means for tipping and feeding cigarettes, of a receiving device comprising a rectangular casinghaving an open bottom, spaced apart carriers held to move under said casing and forming a bottom therefor, means for moving the carriers, and a hopper arranged within the receptacle and having yieldingly held members adapted to be forced apart by the weight of the ciga rettes and to deposit the same properly on the carriers and means for supporting strips of flexible material between said carriers, whereby the cigarettes may be bunched or removed when one of said strips is raised.

16. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding cigarettes, of a device comprising a casing having an open bottom, a carrier held to move under said casing and forming a bottom therefor, the said carrier comprising two members to provide a longitudinal space between the'same, means for moving the carrier, a hopper arranged within the receptacle,'a. plurality of strips, and means for holding the same whereby the strips may be removed singly and serve as a means for bunching the cigarettes for removal from said receptacle.

17. In a cigarette cork-tipping machine,

the combination with means for tipping and rettes, and means for bunehing the ciga- 10 feeding cigarettes, of a device comprising a rettes.

casing, a carrier held to move under said This specification signed and witnessed casing,tl1e said carrier comprising two memthis 11th day of August A. D. 1908.

bers to provide a longitudinal space between VINCENT RAGONA.

the same, means for moving the carrier, a JOHN RAGONA.

hopper arranged Within the receptacle and having yieldingly held members adapted to be forced apart by the Weight of the ciga- YVitnesses WILLIAM RAGONA, M. TURNER.

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